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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Systems/Enterprise:
HP, IDA IN $22M INITIATIVE TO
DEVELOP GRID IN SINGAPORE
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and HP have launched a $22
million collaboration to develop Grid and utility computing in Singapore.
The fledgling technology promises a more efficient use of computer
resources
at greatly reduced costs.
Using Grid computing, organizations can access additional computer
processing
power or applications through the Internet.
It works in a very similar way to how electrical appliances get their power
by
plugging into a power Grid.
And with utility computing, users will be charged on a pay-as-you-use
basis,
similar in principle to an electricity meter.
As part of the collaboration, Singapore will become the first Asia-Pacific
node in the Global Operational Grid, which is built by a worldwide consortium
that counts HP as a member.
The IDA-HP tie-up will focus on research, test-bedding and manpower
development for Grid and utility computing.
It is also launching "Games Bazaar" -- a regional online games hosting
project
that uses Grid computing.
"Grid computing is a new development that could potentially be big -- as
big
as the Internet of today. I think therefore as a leading info-comm hub
Singapore has to go in early to acquire new capabilities to prepare our
companies and people to exploit this new technology," said IDA chief executive
Tan Ching Yee.
"For the ordinary businessmen, Grid computing may not be mature enough for
him
to use. But as developments take place over the next couple of years, we could
see the day when buying computing solutions could be as easy as turning on the
electrical appliances."
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